KATHMANDU, Sept 29: The World Health Organization (WHO) has maintained that the COVID-19 testing will soon be available at a cost of five dollars.
The new equipment being launched soon in the market is expected to come handy for the nations with fewer health workers and laboratories.
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According to the WHO, the new technology will help poor countries to trace and test COVID-19 at a rapid pace. With the introduction of this new technology, WHO has claimed that more than 120 million people will undergo COVID-19 test within a period of six months.
The WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the new equipment developed for COVID-19 testing is portable and provides test results within 15 to 20 minutes.
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